Well I'm not exactly saying that (it sure might be, like anything that can consume your life)... My tongue-in-cheek point was along the lines that just because

Well I'm not exactly saying that (it sure might be, like anything that can consume your life)... My tongue-in-cheek point was along the lines that just because a discipline doesn't involve punching someone in the face - unlike boxing, called out for it by the parent comment - doesn't necessarily mean it's not a brutal sport... in psychological dimension, obviously.